ABC News: "Iraq is generating an exodus of terrorists"

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Terrorist Recruits Pose Threat to U.S.
State Department Fears Exodus of Iraq Terrorists Now Recruiting in Europe

Dec. 22, 2006 — Awaiting trial for supporting terrorists in the deadly 2004 Madrid train bombing, Nasreddine Boussbaa has now been accused of making fake documents for Iraq-based terrorists trying to make their way back to Europe.

"Iraq is generating an exodus of terrorists," says ABC News consultant Tony Cordesman. "It is creating a training center, in effect, the worst kind of training center, because people learn through practice, not theory."

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A new report issued by the State Department and obtained by ABC News says that foreign fighters in Iraq include Islamic radicals "from France, Germany, Italy, Sweden and the United Kingdom."

The report calls them "Iraq war alumni" and concludes that "radicalization is a high risk to U.S. interests."

"The foreign fighters that go into Iraq, most of the foreign fighters are going to die there, but those that do return are going to be more energized, more fanatical, more dedicated to the cause," says Dennis Pluchinsky, former senior State Department official.